- From: John Hudson <tiro@tiro.com>
- Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:07:33 -0700
- CC: www-font <www-font@w3.org>
Dave Crossland wrote: >> An EOTL Recommendation that does not encourage >> EOTC support with rootstrings ignored effectively >> endorses the use of rootstrings as a UA-enforced >> form of DRM. > Right - when we say "EOTC files with rootstrings should be ignored" we > mean that the FILE should be ignored - flushed, as John Hudson > poetically calls it - and not merely the rootstring. But that's not what Tom Lord means by 'ignored'. You and I agree, Dave, that fonts with rootstrings should be flushed, i.e. non-IE browsers should make no attempt to display them. What Tom is suggesting is reckless legal endangerment: ignore the rootstring and display the font anyway. JH
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